Johnson, Adam Rankin, 1834-1922

found: Kesterson, Brian Stuart. Incidents of Morgan's Raid with an account of Stovepipe Johnson's retreat through West Virginia, 2013: p. 15 (Col. Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson; Brigadier General Adam R. Johnson; Confederate cavalry officer and participant in Morgan's Ohio Raid)

found: Find a grave, Oct. 21, 2014(Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson; b. Feb. 6, 1834; d. Oct. 20, 1922; Confederate officer; buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)

found: Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:page 472 ("Adam Rankin Johnson", Confederate general, born in Henderson County, Ky.; at 20 he moved to Austin, Texas where he was a surveyor. After joining the Confederate Army in 1861, he and twelve other soldiers entered Newburgh, Indiana with a stovepipe mounted on a wagon disguised as a cannon, which earned him the nickname "Stovepipe" Johnson. Was permanently blinded by friendly fire in the Battle of Grubb's Crossroads in Kentucky in August 1864 and continued to serve in the Confederate Army until the April 1865 surrender. Returned to Texas after the war where he founded the Texas Mining Improvement Company and founded the city of Marble Falls in 1887. Published his Civil War memoirs. Died in Burnet, Texas)